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'West Virginia was long a part of Virginia.  Morgan  Morgan began the settlement of the region in 1727.  A great battle with the Indians took place at Point Pleasant, 1774.  West Virginia became a separate state of the Union in 1863.'

1. West Virginia Historic Marker Between Monterey, Va. and Durbin, W. Va.

Col. John Stuart: Col John Stuart built Stuart Manor, 1789, near Fort Stuart.  He was a military and civil leader and led a company in the Battle of Point Pleasant.  As clerk of Greenbrier County, he left many historic records.  His first office is standing.

2. Col. John Stuart Marker, Greenbrier County, W. Va.